White House Starts Demolishing Part of East Wing to Build Trump's Ballroom

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : Trump announced the start of construction in a social media post and referenced the work while hosting 2025 college baseball champs Louisiana State University and LSU-Shreveport in the East Room.
50% : Trump insists that presidents have desired such a ballroom for 150 years and that he's adding the massive 90,000-square-foot, glass-walled space because the East Room, which is the largest room in the White House with an approximately 200-person capacity, is too small.
50% : Trump said in the social media announcement that the project would be completed "with zero cost to the American Taxpayer!
50% : At a dinner he hosted last week for some of the wealthy business executives who are donating money toward the $250 million construction cost, Trump said the project had grown in size and now will accommodate 999 people.
50% : The White House has said it will disclose information on who has contributed money to build the ballroom, but has yet to do so. Trump also said at last week's event that the head of Carrier Global Corp., a leading manufacturer of heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, had offered to donate the air conditioning system for the ballroom.

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